Former Brook House detainees faced abusive treatment, inquiry hears

FORMER detainees have described facing degrading, abusive and offensive treatment while being held at Brook House, an inquiry looking at mistreatme

‘Victims of the hostile environment’ remembered at vigil outside new women’s detention centre in County Durham

CAMPAIGNERS held a vigil outside the gates of a new women’s detention centre in County Durham yesterday.

Hostile environment policies are holding back post-pandemic progress, report argues

THE exclusion of undocumented migrants from British society risks impeding the country’s ability to recover from the pandemic and cope with future

Number of children in care in England could reach 100,000 by 2025

THE number of children in care in England could reach almost 100,000 by 2025 — an increase of more than a third in a decade, new research shows. 

Ministers warned against expanding use of army barracks to accommodate asylum-seekers

MINISTERS have been warned against expanding the use of army barracks to accommodate asylum-seekers following reports that a government task force

Jeremy Corbyn addresses refugee solidarity rally at Polish embassy

PROTESTERS condemned the British government at the weekend for sending troops to reinforce the Polish border rather than help refugees fleeing West

Met could face legal action over refusal to probe ‘cash for peerages’ scandal, campaigners say

Insulate Britain activist jailed for blocking M25 has declared hunger strike

AN INSULATE Britain activist jailed for blocking the M25 has declared a hunger strike after nine members of the group received sentences of between

Home Office will continue to put asylum claims of those it is seeking to return to Europe on hold

THE Home Office has said that it will continue to put the asylum claims of people it is seeking to return to Europe on hold despite still not secur

COP26: Police tactics ‘suffocated’ peaceful protest and put public in danger, campaigners claim